Coughlin Dam

Coughlin Dam: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Coughlin Dam

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Coughlin Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.22486, -96.26255. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Coughlin Dam

• Elijah Filley Stone Barn · attraction · Gage · ~30 km · Must-see
• Homestead National Historical Park · sanctuary · Gage · ~61 km · Must-see
• Stagecoach State Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Lancaster · ~66 km · Must-see
• Fort Plymouth · fort · Brown · ~69 km · Must-see
• Captain Meriwether Lewis · museum · Nemaha · ~69 km · Must-see
• Itha T. Krumme Memorial Arboretum · park · Richardson · ~72 km · Must-see
• Steinhart Park · park · Fremont · ~75 km · Must-see
• Bowwood State Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Pawnee · ~8 km
• Burchard Lake State Wildlife Management Area · lake · Pawnee · ~9 km
• Plum Creek Dam 6-A · lake · Pawnee · ~15 km
• Plum Creek Dam 5-A · lake · Pawnee · ~16 km
• South Park · park · Pawnee · ~20 km
• Johnson County Museum · museum · Johnson · ~21 km
• Tecumseh City Park · park · Johnson · ~21 km
• Johnson County Fairgrounds · park · Johnson · ~22 km
• Plum Creek Dam 4-A · lake · Pawnee · ~23 km
• Methodist Church Ruins · fort · Johnson · ~23 km
• Kirkman's Cove Recreation Area · park · Richardson · ~29 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Coughlin Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Coughlin Dam

• Capitol Beach Lake · lake · Lancaster · ~98 km · Must-see
• Conestoga Lake · lake · Lancaster · ~98 km · Must-see
• Big Lake · lake · Holt · ~98 km · Must-see
• Big Lake · lake · Doniphan · ~100 km · Must-see
• Brown State Fishing Lake Dam · lake · Brown · ~108 km · Must-see
• Tuttle Creek Lake · lake · Pottawatomie · ~129 km · Must-see
• Zorinsky Lake Park · lake · Douglas · ~139 km · Must-see
• Lake Manawa · lake · Pottawattamie · ~143 km · Must-see
• Lake Wanahoo Dam · lake · Saunders · ~145 km · Must-see
• Burchard Lake State Wildlife Management Area · lake · Pawnee · ~9 km

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